Al-Hasakah
Al-Hasakah
الحسكة Hesîçê ܚܣܝܟܐ | |
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Assyrian church in Al-Hasakah | |
| Coordinates: 36°30′42″N 40°44′32″E / 36.51167°N 40.74222°E | |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | al-Hasakah |
| District | al-Hasakah |
| Subdistrict | al-Hasakah |
| Control | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
| Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
| Population | |
• Estimate (2023) | 422,445 |
| Demonym(s) | Arabic: حسكاوي, romanized: Ḥaskāwi |
| Area code | 52 |
| Geocode | C4360 |
Al-Hasakah (Arabic: ٱلْحَسَكَة, romanized: al-Ḥasaka; Kurdish: حەسەکە / Heseke; Syriac: ܚܣܝܟܐ, romanized: Hasake) is a city in northeastern Syria and the capital of the Al-Hasakah Governorate. With a 2023 estimated population of 422,445, Al-Hasakah is populated by Kurds, Arabs, Assyrians and a smaller number of Armenians and Chechens. Al-Hasakah is 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of the city of Qamishli. The Khabur River, a tributary of the Euphrates River, flows west–east through the city. The Jaghjagh River flows into the Khabur from the north at Al-Hasakah. The city (and the surrounding countryside) is controlled by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).